Improvement in harvesters



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IsAAc vH. PALMER, on LoDI, Wisconsin.

1M PRovVM ENT |N HARvEsTRs.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 105,973, dated August2, 18702 To all 'whom it may concem:

verse Vertical section in the line x w, Fig. 1.

Theinvention consists in bending back the arm of the reel nextfollowing' the arm that bears the said projection in such manner thatwhen the dropper falls, after dumping the `gavel into the receiver, itsarm passes clear i `ofthe reel.

The invention also consists in an arrangement for removing at pleasurethe arm of the dropper out of the path of the projection of the reel, soas to renderthe dropper inopera-` `tive when the-machine is not Cuttinggrain.

In the drawing, A is the ,harvester-frame;

B, the reel; O, an inclined platform, up which the reel-rake draws' thegavel; .D, the dropper,

' hinged'at (Z; a, the arm projecting from the side of the dropperopposite the hinge; b, the

- pin projecting` horizontally from one of the arms of the reel B.

As the latter revolves, the pin b strikes the arm a and liftsthedropper, which thereupon dumps the gavel.

The pin bis on that 'arm of the reel next following` the rake.- E is thearm of the reel next following` that which ,bears the pin b. e

o is the one of the two branches which make up the arm E, which is bentback, as shown in` Fig'. 1.l

When the dropper fallsafter dumping the gavel its arm a passes clear ofthe reel, owing` to the springing-of the branch Z and cross-` -bar h.

Across-bar, h, passes horizontally through the ends of the branches ofthe. arm E, and acts as a branch of the reel, in the same manner as thebars which connect the ends of the branches of the other arms of thereel, toward drawing the standing' grain upon the sickle-bar.

When the dropper is down, its arm a lies outside of an arm, projectingupward from a shaft, k, which is supported in bearings at one side ofthe frame A, and is provided with a second arm, Z, projecting` downward,borne against by a spring-plate, l', and connected by -a rod, m,passing` under the frame, with an arm, n, projecting downward from ashaft, o, supported in bearing's on the opposite side of the frame A,and provided with a handlelever, extending` upward near the driver7sseat s. By throwing the lever 'r toward the wheel the driver is enabledto move the arm a out of the path of the pin b, and thus render thedropper inoperative when the machine is not cutting grain.

Having Vthus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The reel B, provided 'with the springw branch '8, bent backward asdescribed, in combination with the cross-bar h, constructed andOperating as described.

2. The combination of the arm a with the shaft k, provided with the armsi Z, shaft 0,

provided with the arm n, and handle-lever and connecting-rod m, allconstructed and arranged to operate as described.

ISAAO H. PALMER.

Witnesses z J. H. RAY, a H. M. AYER.

